The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Shen Youyou quickly helped her father organize these historical questions and the essence of the books.

He also patiently analyzed the situation for him and told him to read and memorize some of the basics from past exam questions.

“Things that appear frequently in the exam questions have appeared every year before, which means they are the most basic.

These knowledge points must be fully mastered. In the past, when we were doing exams, we were also looking for these knowledge points.

In addition, this dynasty had discontinued the imperial examination for so many years, and it was possible that they would suddenly announce the restoration of the imperial examination one day.

That means it is impossible to give the candidates too much time to prepare, which is..."

Shen Zhiqiu has learned to answer quickly: "This means that the questions are not too difficult. Otherwise, there won't be much time to review, and no one will be able to answer them. Then, only a few will pass the exam, which will be a joke."

"Yes, that's right."

Look, her father is still very smart.

Shen Youyou continued: "But you can't relax either, because you are not taking the county exam, the academy exam, or the prefectural exam.

In the previous life, it means that you have already been admitted to university.

Later on, you will take entrance exams for postgraduate study, doctoral degree, and even civil service.

It is more like after the exam, you will be assigned jobs and become local officials.

This shows that if you just memorize these books by rote, it won’t work, and you will be tested on a lot of practical things later on.

It is impossible for those who can become superiors to not think of this, so the person who sets the questions must try to figure out the thoughts of those in superiors.

Then the policy essay and history essay questions are high-level questions.

We want to assess how you, the candidates, apply the knowledge you have learned to deal with practical problems.

It can also be said that if you know the basics, others will know them too.

But whether you can be selected in the end depends on how well you perform on these advanced questions. "

On this day, Shen Youyou had a long talk with his father.

"For example, they might set questions based on the climate in the north.

It is said: It is extremely cold in winter and there is a snowstorm. The accumulated snow has collapsed houses and countless people have been killed or injured. What should you do?

There were floods, droughts, earthquakes, and locust plagues.

There are few farmers but many people who eat, and the people are displaced. What can you do?

Even according to the current situation in Guanzhong, the king in the south has established his own country, but he is still eyeing the north. How should the court respond?

You can't write that you went to escape famine, that would definitely give you zero points.

So, you have to come up with a plan for all the situations I mentioned above.”

Seeing her father writing down these key points on the draft paper, Shen Youyou continued:

"If the question is changed again, asking about the possible nationwide conscription in the future, how to appease people's hearts,

Or if you ask about the war with the country to the south, there were heavy losses in the northern expedition, and you have to continue fighting later. This is asking about the strategy to stabilize the country and ensure its security.

How should wise rulers, good generals, and wise ministers respond?

Although you took the imperial examination as a civil official, it is the duty of a civil official to give advice to a wise monarch, and a good general cannot be ignorant of everything.

And you need to be more cautious when answering these kinds of war questions. You need to think carefully about which aspects to explain more carefully. "

"There is also the problem of excessive spending. As mentioned earlier, the court has no money after the war. In addition, there have been natural disasters in recent years, and the treasury is empty. How can we increase revenue and reduce expenditure?

On this point, you must not be unconventional and write something about levying personal income tax. It will not work in this era.

You also cannot write about levying income tax on people who own more land, because that would be equivalent to touching the cake in the hands of the powerful figures in the court, and writing like that would be directly suppressed.

We are more cautious, but we don’t have the ability of Shen Shixing and Zhang Juzheng. They had a lot of difficulties in opening a business, and even failed in the end. "

After saying this, Shen Youyou looked at her father thoughtfully and gulped down a glass of water, which made her mouth dry from what she said.

"So, we can't make a fuss about taxes anymore. If you encounter a question like this, asking you how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, which aspect would you discuss?"

Shen Zhiqiu thought deeply: "Yes, which aspect should I write about? Should I write about rectifying the administration of officials or vigorously developing commerce?"

As if Shen Youyou understood his father's thoughts, he directly stated his own point of view: "Dad, it is feasible to rectify the administration of officials, but it cannot be written.

It is like the "Three Great Expeditions of Wanli" that broke out during the Wanli period in the late Ming Dynasty.

These included a series of large-scale wars such as the "Battle of Bozhou", "Battle of Ningxia" and "Battle of Korea".

Especially the confrontation with the Japanese pirates resulted in countless lives lost in the flames of war.

It is well known that war costs money!

As a result, the power of the Later Jin Dynasty rose quietly, and during the thirteen-year Battle of Sarhu, tens of thousands of Ming troops were almost wiped out.

In order to fill this big gap,

From the 46th year of Wanli to the 7th year of Tianqi, the Ming Dynasty spent 60 million taels of silver in Liaodong to build an extremely huge "Guaningjin Defense Line". It can be said that the Ming Dynasty lost all its capital.

Although Zhang Juzheng's reforms during the Wanli period had a brief moment of glory, they were ultimately short-lived.

It is impossible to save the Ming Dynasty from the chronic illness that has plagued it for more than 200 years.

Thus, the beautiful mountains and rivers have become a hot potato! "

After the Qing Dynasty entered the Pass, the difficulties it faced were even greater than those faced by Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty.

According to the records of Zhang Yushu, the financial director of the Qing court, the financial situation at that time was very tight:

"Except for the remaining items, there are only 19.6 million coppers, and the copper shortage is as high as 4 million, and the various funds are still not included. The national medical shortage is the worst in the previous dynasties."

Therefore, in the early Qing Dynasty, a special policy of "redeeming punishment with money" was even implemented.

As for how the Qing government resolved the financial crisis in the later period?

Then we have to mention the "slaughter knife policy" to crack down on corruption.

Starting from the 14th year of Shunzhi, the Qing court only confiscated property, and more than one million taels of silver flowed into the national treasury in one year, which can be said to have solved the urgent problem.

Of course, there were also systems such as re-levying the three taxes, reducing withheld arrears, cutting down on officers and soldiers, and stopping civil engineering projects.

At this point, Shen Youyou had to explain to her semi-illiterate father the relationship between the Three Taxes and the Qing court.

"The Three Taxes are the collective name for the three taxes of Liao, Suppression and Training during the late Ming Dynasty."

The increase in Liao salary was due to the invasion of the Later Jin Dynasty, the urgent war in Liaodong, and the shortage of military pay.

The purpose of suppressing military expenses was to raise military funds to suppress peasant uprisings.

As for the training money, it was used to train troops to suppress peasant uprisings.

These additional levies were initially temporary in nature, but as the war in Liaodong continued, they increased and gradually became a regular "annual quota", which brought a heavy burden to the people in the late Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the amount of the three taxes was huge, several times the regular supply, which made the common people suffer and live in misery.

This also exacerbated social contradictions in the Ming Dynasty, led to frequent peasant uprisings, and ultimately accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the Three Taxes were the last straw that broke the camel's back for the Ming Dynasty and one of the main culprits for the fall of the Ming Empire.

"Therefore, in the early days of the Qing Dynasty, in order to win over the people, the 'three taxes' were exempted..."

Shen Zhiqiu wrote down the policies that emerged in similar circumstances in his previous life.

Although it cannot be seen by outsiders, it still has certain reference value for him.

It not only helps him broaden his thinking, but also helps him avoid some problems.

Now he really had a deeper understanding of how great it was to have a good daughter.